ДИПЛОМАТСКИ КОНТАКТИ СРБИЈЕ/ЈУГОСЛАВИЈЕ И ПОРТУГАЛИЈЕ (1882–1924)
FROM THE HISTORY OF SERBIAN-RUSSIAN RELATIONS: THE GUARDIANSHIP OVER THE SLAVIC PUPILS IN MOSCOW (1889–1892)

Summary/Abstract: Four documents from the Sérvia (Serbia) fund kept in the Diplomatic Archive of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Portugal in Lisbon (Arquivo Diplomático do Ministério das Relações Exteriores) are presented and analysed in the paper. The fund contains 42 documents concerning the 1882–1924 period. This is protocol court correspondence which contains the letters of sovereigns, whereby they informed each other about important dynastic and political changes in their respective states. The documents are dated 1882, 1903, 1912 and 1924. We singled out only these four documents as they testify not only to the beginnings of the diplomatic contacts between Serbia and Portugal, but are also the best reflection of the historical development and major political changes in the two countries at the turn of the century. The first document is dated 1882 and represents the oldest testimony about the established diplomatic relations between the Obrenović and Bragança dynasties. The second document, dated 1903, was the first letter exhanged after the dynastic change in Serbia. The third document of 1912 testifies to the continuity of relations between the two states after the proclamation of the Portuguese Republic in 1910. The fourth document of 1924 contains news of the birth of Prince Petar, and is the last document from this fund. The introductory study contains a short overview of the history of Serbian Portuguese diplomatic relations through the prism of the entire Sérvia fund, records of the mission of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in Lisbon from the Archive of Yugoslavia, and relevant historiographic literature and periodicals.

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